Environmental Code of Practice for Aboveground and ... - CCME

8.4.3 Any deficiencies in a storage tank system
identified as a result of the inspections
specified in this Section shall be
documented and corrected to be in
conformance with this Code by a company
or individual that is authorized by the
authority having jurisdiction.
Section 8.5 Product Transfer
Operations
8.5.1 A person responsible for transferring
petroleum or allied petroleum product to a
storage tank system shall take all reasonable
steps to prevent spills.
8.5.2(1) When a tank vehicle is being unloaded, the
vehicle operator shall remain:
(a) in constant view of the fill pipe; and
(b) in constant attendance at the delivery
control valve. (See Appendix B, note
B.8.5.2(1)(b))
8.5.3(1) Transfer of petroleum or allied petroleum
product into and out of a storage tank system
shall be in conformance with procedures
outlined in:
(a) the NFCC;
(b) API Std 2610-94, “Design, Construction,
Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection
of Terminal and Tank Facilities”; and
(c) CPPI (1992), “Professional Driver’s
Manual”.
8.5.3(2) Standard procedures for normal operation,
as well as for emergencies, shall be given to
an operator and posted in printed form for
convenient reference. An employee involved
with the transfer of petroleum or allied
petroleum product shall be trained in the
correct operating procedures for all
equipment and shut-down devices.
(See Appendix B, note B.8.5.3(2))
8.5.4 The owner of a storage tank system shall
ensure that filler ports, monitoring wells,
and vapour recovery connections are colourcoded
in conformance with CPPI (1995),
“Using the CPPI Colour-Symbol System to
Mark Equipment and Vehicles for Product
Identification”.
8.5.5 A used oil storage tank shall be fitted with a
suction tube and liquid- and vapour-tight
coupling and shall not have suction hoses
dropped or inserted into the used oil storage
tank during the product removal process.
8.5.6 No person shall transfer used oil from a
storage tank unless a connection is made to
the coupling at the end of the storage tank
suction tube.
8.5.7(1) Subject to Sentence (2), no person shall
transfer petroleum or allied petroleum
product to an aboveground storage tank with
a capacity of 5 000 L or more unless a
liquid- and vapour-tight fill connection is
made to the storage tank.
8.5.7(2) No person shall transfer petroleum or allied
petroleum product to an underground
storage tank unless a liquid- and vapourtight
fill connection is made to the
underground storage tank.
8.5.8 No person shall cause an allied petroleum
product to be transferred into a storage tank
unless the product being transferred is
compatible with the internal surface of the
storage tank.
Section 8.6 Cathodic Protection
Monitoring
8.6.1(1) Except as provided in Sentence (2),
maintenance checks on the operation of
a cathodic protection system shall be
conducted in conformance with:
(a) CAN/ULC-S603.1-1992, “Galvanic
Corrosion Protection Systems for
Underground Steel Tanks” for sacrificial
anode systems;
(b) NACE RP0169-2002, “Control of
Corrosion on Underground or
Submerged Metallic Piping Systems”;
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